Comments - Image of G'd burned in our brains as children - Atheist Nexus2015-08-02T22:28:57Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2182797%3ABlogPost%3A1782062&xn_auth=noHi Regina. People do strange…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-02-12:2182797:Comment:21618072013-02-12T12:23:08.278ZMichael Pennhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/DennisMichaelPennington
<p>Hi Regina. People do strange things in the name of God. To them it's unheard of that you wouldn't believe in him, especially if they go to some building that they refer to as "church." (I believe that originally the term meant people and not a building.) When I was one of them and active with them, I recall hearing of the murder of Madilyn Murray O'Hare and her athetist family members. They were killed over greed and money, but my immediate thoughts were "I'll bet God killed them for not…</p>
<p>Hi Regina. People do strange things in the name of God. To them it's unheard of that you wouldn't believe in him, especially if they go to some building that they refer to as "church." (I believe that originally the term meant people and not a building.) When I was one of them and active with them, I recall hearing of the murder of Madilyn Murray O'Hare and her athetist family members. They were killed over greed and money, but my immediate thoughts were "I'll bet God killed them for not believing in him." As strange as it seems, this is how "the faithful" think. Your fraudulent friend would be no different. Faith and believing are steeped in superstition. I think Gwen was trying to come up with a comeback.</p>
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<p>As for a "Jesus image" it's hard to imagine just what that would be. I'm sure he didn't look like Tab Hunter, and he might have looked more like bin Laden. We westerners have all the painted pictures of old, and we see Jesus in the clouds of the sky, toast, stained glass, and even in a potato. It's easy to imagine Elvis Presley this way because we at least KNEW what he looked like. As for Jesus, we haven't a clue. Even when Judas "betrayed" him with a kiss it was so the authorities would know which man in the crowd he was. This would seemingly make him so ordinary that he never stood out in a crowd, and therefore would take away some of those old and grand built up images over the last 2000 years.</p>
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<p>At best Jesus is comfort to those who need comfort. He is love to those who need to be loved. Time has made his image much greater than fact. If he ever returns for the "faithful" how in the hell would they possibly know him? Just another Bible thing that doesn't make sense.</p>